"Crushed It"

Kamryn finally "crushed it" and passed the not-so-easy drivers permit test.  She is very excited and now I am terrified.  I did let her drive the car in our neighborhood and while Owen thought it was thrilling... I was a nervous wreck.  Until later... we will try again.  Eventually she will be driving us to school and home each day.  Time to start pricing car insurance.  Good job baby girl!!

While we are talking BIG milestones here... look who just figured out how to get around! I am so excited for all the exciting things this little man is about to discover.  Owen never crawled and he always had a leash of oxygen and tube feeds followed by an IV pole... he wasn't going far.  Logan has all the freedom in the world.. I better get on my A game!

 

Owen had his best day of second grade yet.  Days two was a struggle and there were tears. Yesterday he had horrible leg cramps that kept him on the couch with heating pads instead of school.  We were working on his homework yesterday and the assignment was short vowels...  "kid, hit, pit, hid, lid... and salid".   Oh this Mr. Owen is hilarious.  Salid does sound a lot like lid and kid.. oh those tricky little vowels.  Owen did get to check out his very first set of library books from the school library... these are about as Owen as you can get!  They read like comic books and he was excited to do his nightly reading homework. :)

 

First Day of 2nd Grade

Today was Owen's first day of second grade. He was completely uninterested.  I have been trying to build up the excitement and get "Mom, it's school.. seriously?  What I am really excited about is the new lego set that comes out this Saturday.. THAT is exciting.  School is just school...not exciting AT ALL."  He was a little nervous he wouldn't make any friends, but said "all kids feel that way."

 We showed up a little early and it was already 95degrees at 8am.  I walked him straight inside to his class, but not before his little legs got tired and he needed to stop on the bench in the shade to rest them.  We finally made it inside and the room was dark.  The other kids line up outside at the playground and wait for the bell but it's still way too hot for this guy.  He explored the classroom and I unpacked all his school stuff.  He doesn't have a 1-on-1 aide this year because I think he can manage, but there is a 2-to-1 aide he shares with another boy in class if he needs her.  His teacher came in and got them all settled before heading off to specials.  How fun to show up to school and get to go straight to art, computers, library and PE.  He was super nervous, but then saw some of his old classmates, including Payton and he was totally fine. "Pick me up in ONE hour!"  He led the line for his class and off to art he went and blew me a kiss as I walked off to my car.  Sweetest boy ever!!

He stayed two hours today and survived. They went to art where he drew a masterpiece of Antman and Yellowjacket.. can't wait to see it!  Then he had a snack in his classroom and they watched WildKratts on PBS.  Then they did a getting to know you game where they wrote down their favorite things.. "I wrote video games, toys, comic books and my favorite color is black."  If he had a fifth piece of paper, I'm sure he would have wrote family.  Tough day big guy, tough day.  He said "It was good!  I think it won't be so bad."  Until tomorrow when we get to hit up labs for blood before school... 

  Just for fun, let's walk down memory lane...

 

 First Grade

(same shoes, same size clothes, but looks way older)

 

Kindergarten (LPCH Hospital School)

Look who I ran into on my way home?  Gigi was at the bus stop in our neighborhood waiting for the Jr. High bus. 

Yesterday was my Dad's bday party.  Kam made him two desserts of 'Too much chocolate, chocolate cake' and pumpkin cheesecake.  Mmmm.  He hair looks beautiful because she was getting ready to get it colored.

Kam wanted to go blonder for her sophomore year.  I can't believe how curly her hair is getting.  My hair is super curly and she always had super straight hair.  Just this last year her hair has started getting really curly on it's own.  Now she is a blondie too.  I'll have to get a better photo in a bit.. it looks fabulous!  Thanks to my Sister for saving me at least a hundred bucks on getting her hair done at a salon.  I did her dishes as a thank you. :)

Before the party, I realized that Logi was at the weight/height limit for his Infant Carseat Carrier.  It was 22lbs and 30" and he is right there for both. Thankfully I had this carseat already waiting for him so I installed it and it's so much better.

Look who we kidnapped and brought to the family party??  Nana escaped from the nursing home for an afternoon of fun.  She was actually having a pretty good day.  Kel picked her up at her nursing home and on the way home grabbed her a Sonic Rootbeer..she was in heaven!  Then told her we were going home and she could see all the grandkids and she replied with "Oh Sh**".  She may not remember who we all are or how to speak, but once in a while that Alzheimers allows her to remember something. :)  We all had a good laugh.  She loved seeing "her baby" Bridgi.

Happy Birthday Pops!

Oh... and look who is trying to crawl but can't quite coordinate so he ends up doing a hundred or so of these planks a day!  He is SO close!  Time to baby proof our home.

After School today Owen requested "fish tacos and spicy salsa" so that's what we did.  Logi ate tons of rice and beans and was very close to getting the water out of the straw on his own.  He sucks and then blows bubbles.. he will get it.

Happy Monday .. it's going to be a great week!!

Logan -- 7 Months

We blinked and now Logan is 7 months! 

This boy is so much fun!  He is changing so quickly. All of his baby hair fell out and now he has tons of new sprouted baby blonde strands. He is happy 95% of the time.  The other 5% usually means he just wants to go to bed, but not before snuggle time. 

 I am finding it's harder to take pictures of a baby on the move.  Owen and Kam used to just sit their so chill and let me take all the photos I wanted.  Logan likes to try to eat my phone or camera strap.. he does not care to have my camera in his face. 

 When I say on the move, I mean it.  He is up on his hands and knee ready to take off.  He hasn't figured out the coordination behind it and usually ends up in a face plant, but it doesn't stop him from getting back up and trying again.  He is sitting up like a champ and transitions to this position a little too swiftly.  He has also mastered rolling over ..so long are the days that he will stay in the place you put him.

While we haven't heard any real words yet, but he sure likes to babble and holler.
 Logi is loving food!  He isn't a fan of pureed baby foods, but is moving straight on to table foods.  Finally, I got myself a good eater.  Each morning he loves his baby yogurt and always says... "mmmm" after each bite.  He will snack on easy to dissolve puffs and fruit pops.  He loves those little baby meat sticks but I don't let him eat the skin, just the mashed up meat.  He has tried mashed taters, angel hair pasta, beans, rice, peaches, bananas, strawberries, and today we will try avacados.  In Logan's words..."mmmmm."  He still won't drink more than 4oz of bottle at a time despite all our efforts.  He only wakes up once or twice most nights for a quick bottle and he's back to sleep in minutes.
We increased a weight class and he's at 21lbs now. I have no idea how long he is, he has his six month checkup and immunizations next month.. I am a bit behind.  He is in size 4 diapers and all 12 month clothes.  We love our happy, healthy little bubba chubba.  Happy 7 months Logi man!